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Someshwar Factory Election: Pawar Family Faces Strong Challenge, Next 24 Hours Crucial!
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News18•28-09-2026, 21:55
Someshwar Factory Election: Pawar Family Faces Strong Challenge, Next 24 Hours Crucial!
- •This year, a multi-faceted contest is seen in the five-yearly election of Shri Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory.
- •The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party is making strong preparations to maintain its dominance.
- •For the first time since Ajitdada's demise, his faction faces a direct challenge from various political parties in the Someshwar factory election.
- •Yugendra Pawar (NCP Sharadchandra Pawar Party), Sanjay Jagtap (BJP), and Vijay Shivtare (Shiv Sena Shinde faction) have filed nominations.
- •The Someshwar factory election will test political equations in Baramati, Purandar, and surrounding areas, not just the cooperative sector.
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The Ajit Pawar faction faces direct challenges from youth leader Yugendra Pawar of the NCP Sharadchandra Pawar Party, former MLA Sanjay Jagtap representing the BJP, and MLA Vijay Shivtare from the Shiv Sena Shinde faction.
September 30 marks the final deadline for candidates to withdraw their nominations, prompting heightened political activities in Baramati.
Established in 1960 and influential under Ajit Pawar's leadership since 1991, the Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory is recognized as one of the leading factories in Baramati taluka and a top provider of highest sugarcane prices in the state.
